Bag-fastening.



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no. 678,l76.

K. G. HERRING.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KATE G. HERRING, OF BRIDGEWATER, VIRGINIA.

BAG-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 678,176, dated July 9,1901. Application filed April 9. 1901. I Serial No. 55,058. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KATE G. HERRING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgewater, in the county of Rockingham and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBag-Fastenin gs and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infastenings for bags, and particularly to that class used to protectgrapes and other fruits from the ravages of insects during the ripeningperiod. Bags intended for this purpose are usually made of thin paper,which will afford the protection desired and at the same time notinterfere with the ripening process of the fruit, and where largenumbers of such bags are usedas, for instance, to protect grapes in avineyardit is important that the means employed for fastening the bagsin'place should be simple and economical'and capable of expeditiousmanipulation. The most common form of fastening now in use consists ofan ordinary string secured on one side of the bag and near the mouth oropen end thereof by a paper patch cemented to the bag and covering aportion of the string, leaving the ends thereof free to be drawn aroundthe body of the bag and secured by an ordinary bow or other knot. 1n theuse of such bags, and especially where large numbers are necessary, ithas been found that the manipulation of the string and the tying of thesame consume too much time and labor and that by reason of the characterof the fastening it be comes loosened and permits the bag to fall fromthe fruit.

My invention has for its object to provide a bag such as described witha fastening which shall overcome the disadvantages of the ordinarystring and which shall at the same time be inexpensive, readilymanipulated, and durable in use.

With these ends in view my invention con-,

7 sists of a bag, preferably of paper, with a suitable length of wirecoiled centrally and secured in position upon the side of the bag, nearthe open end thereof, bya patch of paper or other suitable material heldin place by mucilage or other adhesive substance.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay fully understand the same, I willproceedto describe the constructionand mode of using the same, referring by letters to the accompanyingdrawings, in which v Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary paperbag with my improved fastening device secured inposition. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the bag secured in position to protect a bunch ofgrowing grapes and showing the ends of the wire fastened together. Fig.3 is a plan View of the fastening-wire separated from the bag, and Fig.4

is a similar view showing a modification of the form of thefastening-wire.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

A is a bag com posed, preferably, of ordinary thin paper, to the side ofwhich is secured a piece of ordinary soft or annealed wire B, which isformed with a coil about central of its ends, as shown at O, and overthis coil is located a patch D, of paper or other flexible material,which is fastened to the body of the bag by mucilage or other adhesivesubstance. The free ends of the wire are drawn around the crimped mouthportion of the bag after the latter has been placed over the fruit to beprotected and are then twisted together, as clearly shown at Fig. 2,which may be done with much greater celerity and with less la-- bor thanwould be required to tie the ends of an ordinary string, and when sotwisted t0- gether they are not liable to become accidentally disengagedlike the string. A straight piece of wire, however, would be liable tolongitudinal movement between the patch and the body of the bag andmight as the result of such movement become entirely separated intransportation or handling before use, and I therefore provide againstthis condition by forming the coil 0 at or near the center, as mostclearly shown at Fig. 3, and when the patch D is secured in placethrough the medium of an adhesive substance such patch attaches itselfto the body of'the bag, not only around the outside circumference of thecoil, but also at the space within the coil, and

hence the wire is protected securely against any longitudinal movementsuch as referred to.

While I have shown the Wire with a single 5 coil, it will be understoodthat I do not wish to be confined in this particular, as I may crimp thewire, as shown in the modification shown at Fig. at, to produce one ormore flat lateral bends.

10 Having described the construction and advantages of my improved bagand fastening, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

In combination with an open-mouthed bag,

a fastening device consisting of a piece of soft 15 or annealed wirehaving a flat lateral trend intermediate of its ends, and secured to thebody of the bag, near its open mouth and parallel therewith, by a patchcovering the coil or crimp, and secured in position by a 20 suitableadhesive substance, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KATE G. HERRING. Witnesses:

E. S. STEAGEN, G. E. ACKER.

